[HPforGrownups] Re: Dr Neil shuddered for ONE of them (Was: Who dies?)

[Sherry Gomes]

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maria8162001 here:

I didn't include Harry, Draco & Snape because, I don't think she's going to
kill Harry,IMO of course. And she's not going to kill Snape and Draco
because it's  already a given by the end of HBP that we expect one of them
to die in book 7 because of the UV and for killing DD. IMO, JKR would not
kill any character that is so obvious to die or we expect to die in the next
book. Like what she said she love to pull the wool over her reader's eyes.
Now if she kill snape or Draco we would all say, oh yeah, we saw that
coming.So where's the thrill on that on JKR's part if she kill those we
expect to die in book 7 because it was so obvious in book 6? 


Sherry now:

Actually, she has already done that, and it was the manner of the death that
was the shocking twist.  Most people believed DD would die in book six.  I
think he won the poll here, and just about every other fan anything I read
predicted DD would die.  I didn't think he would, because of the same thing
you said above ... we expected him to die.  But she managed to do it in such
a way, that even though almost everyone was correct in their guesses about
DD dying, I don't know of anyone who expected that Snape, for whatever
reason, would be the one to do it.

So, yes, I think she could kill off Snape or Draco, but she will do it again
in such a way that we will still be shocked or horrified, depending on our
view of those characters and the circumstances surrounding their deaths.  In
fact, at this point, I suspect she could kill off *anyone* and have no
particular strong feelings about any of them.  Except that I paraphrase
Harry's first conversation with the sorting hat, and I think hard at JKR,

not Harry!  Please, not Harry!

My guess on who got the reprieve might be Draco.  I think Draco will never
be best buddies with Harry and company, but I believe he will not return to
Voldemort, that the end of HBP was showing us that Draco would have a change
of heart, turn his coat and work to overthrow Voldemort for his own reasons.
I never liked Draco in the past, especially since POA, but I do believe JKR
showed us which direction he is going to go.  And I like that, because the
story is about the kids, so I'm glad to see one of the so-called bad guys
among the younger characters, have a change of heart.  

Sherry